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Lunenburg man held in break-in case

By Lisa Redmond, lredmond@lowellsun.com

Updated:
11/16/2012 06:32:07 AM EST

AYER -- A 35-year-old Lunenburg man, recently released from jail on a breaking-and-entering conviction, is back behind bars after Townsend police say he kicked in the door to an Emery Road home, frightening the homeowner.

In Ayer District Court Wednesday, Christopher Romano pleaded not guilty to breaking and entering in the daytime and vandalizing property.

Prosecutor Tommy Noda said that at 3:13 p.m. on Tuesday, Townsend police responded to an Emery Road address for a breaking and entering. The victim, who was home at the time of the incident, said the suspect kicked in the door to the house and then fled after realizing the resident was home.

The suspect fled in the direction of Lunenburg driving a Ford Taurus. The homeowner later identified Romano, though the homeowner did not know him.

Noda described Romano as a "danger to the community," asking that Romano's bail be revoked on a case in Fitchburg District Court and set $2,500 cash bail in the new case.

Defense attorney Dudley Goar asked that Romano's bail not be revoked on the Fitchburg case and sought $500 cash bail in the new case. Goar explained that since his release on the past breaking-and-entering case, Romano has worked on and off with his father. Romano lives with his wife and two children in his parents' house, he said.

Judge Marc Sullivan ordered that Romano's bail in the Fitchburg District Court case revoked -- holding him without bail -- and set bail on the new case at $2,500.

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